Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-05-06

! Mr.. L. Is. Pineo, Bar llnrbOr, Me, has
shipped his stallion, Gen. Warren, by
Herald son of Smuggler, . 10 dam Rosa
Allen, by Ethan Allen, 2.24l9, to Monson,
Mass. for the season
Mr. Temples challenge to match a horse
against Mnjolica was generally supposed
to have been on behalf of j. q but Arab,
it Is now said, was the horse meant
Young Wilkes, . 9sl,, and sire of Will
liam H., is !, and William c., = 2234,
VIII make the season at Penn Valley
Stud, in Bucks county, Pennsylvania.
Prominent among the horses eligible
for the Is class are Adelaide, G. f. Clay,
Prince Arthur, Arab, Charles Hilton
Belle Hamlin, Bonita, Kenilworth, Nobby,
Bessie and j. q.
The gray gelding Pedro, 25l4, by Room
ey's Hambletonlan, died at Kalamazoo
Mich, recently after 10 hours illness. An
offer of 900 was refused for him last
fall.
j. H. Grout of Boston, has sold his
brown mare Owenee, 232I4, to w. c.
Munroe of Peabody, Mass. Reported price
81, 500. Henry Richardson will have her
this season.
Mr.. c. f. Emery states that he has sold
the two-years-old colt Hartwell, by Hermes
dam Bessie Turner, the dam of Oliver X,
l6]4, by Virginius, to a Mr.. Morrison Of
Waukee, Ia Price, 81 600.
Russell Bailey of Versailles, KY, has
sold the saddle stallion Markham to j. X.
Emnet, the actor, for So, 800 !; also the b.
z. Hamlet for 81, 500. Both horses were
sold from description, Mr. Emmett not
having seen either until delivered
The spring meeting of the Troy n. Y,
Island Park association, which will begin
June 25, promises to be very interesting.
There will be II events, including the
Clay stakes. There are 1928 entries. The
purses aggregate A700.
The news comes from California that
Oliver X. is well and moving fast. He is
credited with having trotted a quarter in
better than 80 seconds.
DR.. John G. Miller Of Versailles. Ky,
lost very fine filly valued at $500 last
week. On examination about gallon of
worms was found in the small intestines
Mr.. l.. j. Rose, breeder of the remark
able trotting sire Sultan, 2:24, will offer
number of Sultan's colts and FLIES at pub
lie sale in New York the first of next
month.
One of the great fixed events of the turf
this season is the Guaranteed Stakes of
Oliver X, record 2;l6l4, was declared the
winner. This year the class decided upon
Is the same as last year, 2:20. Subscrip-
tions will close Saturday, May IA.
j. H. Temple and w. H. Crawford of
New York have agreed to trot the bav
gelding Arab, record 2:17l4, and the bav
gelding Majolica, record 2:15 race in
harness, under the usual conditions for a
stake of $4,000 and the added moLey re-
ceived from the association where the
contest is decided. If satisfactory terms
can be made with the Driving club of New
YORK the race may take place at Fleet
wood Park early in June
There are to be sold at the American
Institute building, New York, by Peter c.
Kellogg, the we'll known auctioneer, on
Friday, May 26, some very desirable trot-
Sound View Stock Farm. The list com
Prises some by such famous stations as
WedgewoOd and King Wilkes (the sire of
Oliver k.) We notice particularly the
two fillies Anna and Laura Wilkes, bred
In 1888 and "a. both OF which took pre-.
miums at the National horse show in 1856.
If Vermont Is to regain the reputation it
once had, In the horse world. it should
keep an eye out for just such chances as
this.
H. S. Newton of West Randolph, writes:
II read An inquiry about the breeding of
ing since then expecting to hear from
some one In Hillsborough or vicinity who
could give his breeding, but have seen no
answer yet. In January, 1886, l went
down to Peterborough and Bennington
and bought q baby horse colt sired by
NV w ilhCb dui Tdlstu ny d. w..
Morrill, Of Peterborough his dam was
sired by McNiel's North Star, and Mr.
Morrill, told me his sire was Vermont
Black Hawk. succeeded this winter in
finding brother of McNiel and as far as
known he says his brother, John Mcneil,
bought mare Of Thurston of Lowell,
Mass, and Thurston bought her of parties
in Maine, who called her Hambletonian
or Messenger mare His brother bred her
70 the Thurston horse, called Thurston's
Black Hawk, and raised the colt called
North Star. He said he was good horse
and could trot in $50. My colt have nam
ed Onset: Onssettis by Mambrino Wilkes
by Gen. Wilkes, dam by McNeil's North
Star, by Thurston's Black Hawk, grandam
an English mare. Onsett in color is bright
pay, stands IA a hands high, is Of medium
size and for shape and style cannot be
beaten. think | have good colt in the
one bought Of Mr. Sanborn of London,
sired by Mambrino. dam by Honest Allen.
He is with Silver being educated. Was
phurston's Black Hawk a son of Vermont
Black Hawk ?"